12/10/2019
Did it hail at your house today?
If so, your Air Conditioning system may have been damaged and your homeowners insurance will cover that!
Give us a call at 480-832-6442 and schedule a hail damage inspection today!
This type of damage may impair operation of the air conditioning unit resulting in:
Reduced air flow through coils
Higher refrigerant temperature
Lost performance
Lost reliability
Lost Efficiency
Hail strikes the soft cooling fins on the condenser coil of your air conditioner and deforms the cooling fins. An air conditioner can tolerate a few deformed fins, but when more than just a few fins are damaged by hail, the air conditioner can no longer operate efficiently. In many cases, the unit will fail completely after a few months of working too hard.
If your system was damaged by the recent hail storm in Arizona, then you should have it checked immediately. The hail can damage the coil fins making it run inefficiently.
Your Homeowners Ins. Policy should pay for the replacement of the system if it has enough damage to it. Some system that are newer, may have the coil replaced, again, the Insurance should cover it.
Do not let your insurance mislead you into not pressing a claim on you air conditioner just due to fact that it still “cools”. If your cooling unit was dented by hail and the fins of your coil were bent, you will never have the same cooling you had before and your insurance company knows this. There is no way to put an exact dollar amount on what it will cost you, but over years of operation, it could be many hundreds of wasted energy dollars. Insist your insurance company treat this damage the same way they are treating your roof, replace it or repair it.
Lewis and Sons AC Inc. is licensed, bonded and insured with a BBB A+ rating. Call 480-832-6442